OFAC sanctions procurement networks supporting Iran’s missile programs

Financial Crimes Department of Treasury Sanctions Of Interest to Non-US Persons OFAC Iran

On August 28, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, designated two Iranian networks involved in the procurement of materials for persons related to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Iranian regime’s missile program, and Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics. According to OFAC, one of the identified networks utilized a Hong Kong-front company to evade U.S. and international sanctions in order to “facilitate tens of millions of dollars’ worth of proliferation activities targeting U.S. technology and electronic components.” As a result of the sanctions, “all property and interests in property of these individuals that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons must be blocked and reported to OFAC.” OFAC noted that its regulations “generally prohibit” U.S. persons from participating in transactions with the designated individuals, and warned foreign financial institutions that if they knowingly facilitate significant transactions for any of the designated individuals, they may be subject to U.S. correspondent account or payable-through account sanctions.